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Michael Lyster to step down as Sunday Game host

Denis Walsh

January 28 2018, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Leading man: Lyster has spent 34 years as lead presenter of The Sunday GameCATHAL NOONAN

Michael Lyster will present The Sunday Game for the final time this summer, RTE sources confirmed yesterday. Lyster, who has fronted its flagship GAA programme since 1984, will leave the Irish state broadcaster next February when he reaches 65, the compulsory retirement age for RTE employees. Unlike other high profile presenters at RTE he is a member of staff rather than a contractor. RTE are expected to make a formal announcement in the next week.

In recent years Lyster has anchored RTE’s live GAA coverage having been the lead presenter on the hugely popular GAA highlights programme for nearly a quarter of a century. He joined RTE in the early 1980s having worked as a reporter on the Tuam Herald for seven years.

Lyster, who…

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